{"id":112090,"date":"2018-12-26T22:14:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T02:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=112090"},"modified":"2018-12-27T05:21:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T09:21:13","slug":"new-jersey-turns-one-million-gun-owners-into-lawbreakers-for-refusing-to-obey-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=112090","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Turns One Million Gun Owners Into Lawbreakers for Refusing to Obey Unconstitutional Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gun-ban-696x366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112091\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gun-ban-696x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gun-ban-696x366.jpg 696w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gun-ban-696x366-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Over One Million Gun Owners Refuse to Obey Ban, No One Turning in Magazines<\/h1>\n<h3><em>Residents of New Jersey were given a deadline to turn in their gun magazines or become felons overnight, and so far, no one is complying.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>By Matt Agorist<br \/>\nTheFreeThoughtProject.com<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey \u2014 Unless you\u2019ve been under a rock lately, then you\u2019ve likely seen the unprecedented push by all levels of government to separate law abiding Americans from their guns. No, this is not some conspiracy theory. The president himself ushered in a new level of gun control doing what his liberal predecessor even refused to do by banning bump stocks. However, as states across the country seek to limit the ability of innocent people to defend themselves, people are disobeying.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle ezfound\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4592613958335609\" data-ad-slot=\"3305033739\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\"><ins id=\"aswift_2_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_2_anchor\"><iframe id=\"aswift_2\" name=\"aswift_2\" width=\"805\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>In May, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law that reduced the maximum capacity of ammunition magazines from 15 rounds to 10. Citizens immediately sued the government, citing the unconstitutional nature of the ban, but they failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Jersey\u2019s law reasonably fits the State\u2019s interest in public safety and does not unconstitutionally burden the Second Amendment\u2019s right to self-defense in the home,\u201d the court wrote in their decision. \u201cThe law also does not violate the Fifth Amendment\u2019s Takings Clause because it does not require gun owners to surrender their magazines but instead allows them to retain modified magazines or register firearms that have magazines that cannot be modified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AG Gurbir Grewal applauded the ruling on Twitter stating: \u201cThis just in: for months, individuals have been challenging NJ\u2019s limits on large capacity magazines\u2014a sensible law to address mass shootings. Today, the court of appeals upheld the law. Big win for public safety and law enforcement safety!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This month, citizens were given a December 11 deadline on their new ban on standard capacity magazines. The law effectively turned one million law abiding gun owners into criminals, literally over night if they failed to turn in the magazines.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle ezfound\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4592613958335609\" data-ad-slot=\"7047488189\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\"><ins id=\"aswift_3_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_3_anchor\"><iframe id=\"aswift_3\" name=\"aswift_3\" width=\"805\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>Somehow, New Jersey lawmakers thought insane individuals who want to carry out mass shootings would be lining up to turn in their 15 round magazines as anyone caught with one of these banned magazines is now committing a fourth-degree felony.\u00a0However, even the law abiding citizens are choosing to disobey\u2014and that\u2019s a good thing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Obama knew a bumpstock ban was executive overreach, but Trump is doing it. Trying to wrap my head around this. The current  administration was duped into this so Congress could avoid the whole discussion and pretend to support the 2nd Amdt. The WH needs better advisors.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1075202108415205382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2018\/12\/new-jersey-magazine-ban-goes-into-effect\/?fbclid=IwAR2AtPI67tK9NIce4MmJg8JbW8DYlrR2Thpp5ww0-37e7QWPfsHTjCyyT7A#ixzz5a8Dau7Co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammoland.com<\/a>, who says they spoke with multiple police departments throughout the state, no one has turned in their magazines.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle ezfound\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4592613958335609\" data-ad-slot=\"3734929134\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\"><ins id=\"aswift_4_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_4_anchor\"><iframe id=\"aswift_4\" name=\"aswift_4\" width=\"805\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Two sources from within the State Police, who spoke to AmmoLand on condition of anonymity, told AmmoLand News that they both do not know of any magazines turned over to their agency and doubted that any were turned in. They also stated that the State Police also engaged the AG\u2019s office for guidance on how to respond to inquiries such as ours. They were unaware if the Attorney General has returned to their request for guidance.<\/p>\n<p>All the local police departments that AmmoLand contacted stated that they have not had any magazines turned into them.<\/p>\n<p>AmmoLand has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with The New Jersey State Police to get an official count of the number of magazines turned in by New Jersey citizens. We will update the story if our FOIA request is fulfilled.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This act of disobedience is the only way that law-abiding citizens can effectively and peacefully fight back against the gun grabbers. And so far, it has been effective.<\/p>\n<p>As TFTP\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/entire-county-declares-itself-a-sanctuary-city-for-gun-owners\/\">has reported<\/a>, we\u2019ve seen similar acts of disobedience from other states like Illinois.\u00a0In Effingham County, IL, the town board voted in April to order its employees not to enforce any laws that would\u00a0<em>\u201cunconstitutionally restrict the Second Amendment\u201d<\/em>\u00a0to the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham County State\u2019s Attorney Bryan Kibler\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdio.com\/news\/illinois-county-declares-itself-a-symbolic-gun-sanctuary\/4874778\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0the measure is meant to act as a warning shot to tell the state legislature that the county does not want unnecessary gun control measures, or for the sale of firearms to be jeopardized. The resolution\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.effinghamdailynews.com\/news\/local_news\/effingham-county-s-gun-sanctuary-resolution\/article_8e910fe6-3c89-5517-8427-7349129f8402.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">states:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms is guaranteed as an Individual Right under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and under the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and; the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms for defense of Life, Liberty, and Property is regarded as an Inalienable Right by the People of Effingham County, Illinois, and the People of Effingham County, Illinois, derive economic benefit from all safe forms of firearms recreation, hunting, and shooting conducted within Effingham County using all types of firearms allowable under the United States Constitution.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Board member David Campbell\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/insider.foxnews.com\/2018\/04\/19\/effingham-county-illinois-declares-itself-sanctuary-gun-owners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0Fox News that the county\u00a0<em>\u201cdecided it\u2019s time for someone to take a hard stand.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Indeed, as we\u2019ve noted time and again, rights are preserved and gained when\u00a0<strong>good<\/strong>\u00a0people make a stand and refuse to obey\u00a0<strong>bad<\/strong>\u00a0laws.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/gun-owners-refuse-to-obey-ban\/\">https:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/gun-owners-refuse-to-obey-ban\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}